Media Creates report state that Nintendo sold eight million units of the portable device so far.
The 3DS has now sold more units in Japan than the PS3.
According to a recent Media Creates report (via Nintendo Life andEurogamer), Nintendo has sold a total of 8,799,378 3DS units in its native country. By comparison, Sony has sold 8,716,260 units of the PS3. The 3DS debuted on March 2011, while the PS3 made its start on November 2006.
On a related note, Sony has sold 1,074,621 units of the PS Vita within a year of its release in Japan back on December 2011. The lifetime sales numbers of its cousin, the PSP, was at 19,488,236 units. For more information on the latest 3DS titles, check out GameSpot's reviews of Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Epic Mickey: The Power of Illusion.
Born and raised from a jungle-laden village in Sarawak, Malaysia, Jonathan Toyad has been playing games since the early 90s. He favors fighting games, RPGs, and rhythm titles above every other genre, and occasionally spaces out like Pavlov's dog to video game music on his iPod.
